Litigation

Nearly 250 of the patients who accused cardiologist Dr. Mark Midei of performing unnecessary stent procedures at St. Joseph Medical Center settled their lawsuits against him Thursday, a major step forward in one of the largest medical malpractice cases in...

A Howard County couple is suing one of the largest residential real estate brokerages in the state and a Columbia title company for more than $11 million, alleging that the firms had financial ties that violated federal law. The case is a proposed class...

A mediator has been selected to settle lawsuits between landowners and the Imperial Irrigation District in the coordinated Quantification Settlement Agreements cases. “Retired Justice Howard B. Wiener has been selected as mediator with the...

This story ran in the Sun Sentinel on Sunday, Dec. 1, 2002: EX-CORRECTIONS DEPUTY FIGHTS FOR REINSTATEMENT By Jeff Shields A federal drug indictment transformed Raymond Hicks from a prison guard into a prison inmate in June 2000 and cost him his...

  Janet Burnett cried when she read the paper today. Burnett said she knows Raymond Hicks, the former Broward Sheriff's Office jail deputy whose story was featured on the front page this morning. No, they weren't friends. She was campaigning for Louis...

The Rosen Plaza hotel has been added as a defendant in the wrongful-death lawsuit of FAMU drum major Robert Champion, who was beaten to death in a hazing ritual on a bus in the Orlando resort's parking lot. The Champion family's lawyer claims that Rosen'...

A longtime felon was convicted Wednesday of first-degree murder and aggravated child abuse in the death of his girlfriend's 4-year-old son in Osceola County. Luis Gerardo Rosario, 37, of Winter Springs immediately was sentenced to life in prison, the...

Unable to get restitution in federal bankruptcy court, 31 Chicago-area men have filed a lawsuit in Cook County Circuit Court, accusing the Congregation of Christian Brothers of putting them in harm's way decades ago. In three lawsuits filed Friday,...

Facing protests from Hispanic activists, Orange County officials Tuesday dropped a plan to pay $340,000 for an outside legal firm to lead the county's defense in a federal court fight over redistricting. Instead, Orange's legal staff will defend the...

Niles voters overwhelmingly approved term limits in two different referendum questions in April, but far less clear is which of the conflicting measures should take precedence. No one, from the village attorney to election law experts, seems certain which...

A federal judge on Tuesday threw out a $120-million lawsuit against the Los Angeles Police Department by the family of a man who was fatally shot on the 101 Freeway in Woodland Hills following a brief pursuit. The family of Abdul Arian of Winnetka...

INDIANAPOLIS -- A suspended Indianapolis police officer awaiting trial on charges he caused a fatal 2010 collision had a blood-alcohol level nearly three times the legal limit when he crashed a pickup truck over the weekend, authorities said Monday....